December 27, 2025

264/4745) Home:  County Ale by Wellington Brewery of Ontario:  ****; 5%, 24 ibu English style brown ale; “may contain wheat”; originally County Brown Ale from 1985; mahogany; malty, nutty aromas; tastes of  toasted malts, nutty, hint of caramel; a great take on a classic style; 

This is a great mix pack – I would buy it again. 

265/4746) Home:  Black Knight Classic Porter by Wellington Brewery of Ontario:  ***1/2; 4.5%, 29 ibu English Porter with oats; dark with a pale head; nose of roasted malts; dark roasted malts, hint of chcolate towards finish;

A revival of a beer from the early 1990s.  Wellington also had Iron Duke Porter, mind this was 5.7%;.  That one was discontinued early in the current century, shortly after I had come across it at an event called the Ale Trail.

December 26, 2025

262/4743) Home:  Delirium Christmas (Noel) by Brouwerij Huyghe of Belgium:  ****; 10%, 26 ibu; trriple fermented Winter Ale/Strong Dark Ale; amber; sweet, spiced nose; spiced malty, warming;

From the Delirium Christmas pack, purchased at the LCBO.  

263/Home:  40th Anniversary India Ale by Wellington Brewery of Ontario:  ****; 5.6%, 49 ibu English IPA; “may contain wheat”; copper; herbal, resiny, floral nose; resin, herbal, dry, nearly bitter;

From their Craft Classics Mix Pack purchased at the LCBO.

December 24, 2025

260/4741) Home:  Apatxe by Mala Gissona of Spain:  ****1/2; 5%, 34 ibu American pale ale; brewed in Spain's Basque region; translucent with a frothy head; sweet aromas with a malty back drop, grapefruit and pine; grapefruit, tastes of pine; grapefruit, pine with a touch of citrus; 

Day 23

261/4742) Home:  Northern Winter by Bridge Brewing Company of British Columbia:  ****; 5.5%, 20 ibu Spiced Ale with wheat, blood orange, spices, orange peel and Canadian Whiskey; translucent; aromas of winter baking spices, orange and whiskey; flavours of orange, whiskey, zest, reamarkably boozy for 5.5% abv;

And so the 2025 Advent calendar finishes, and on a good note.

December 23, 2025

258/4739) Home:  Cerveza by Fierce Beer of Scotland:  ***; 4% Mexican Lager with Lime; gluten free; with  wheat, “gluten removed post-fermentation”; clear, straw; nose is like lime soda – 7-Up?; lime obscures mild lager fruitiness;

Day 21

259/4740) Home:  Ruling Elites by Henderson Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 7% Export Stout; dark, thin wispy head; nose of semi-sweet chocolate; flavours of sweet chocolate;

Henderson has brewed a Belgian Dubbel by this name in the past.

Day 22

December 22, 2025

257/4738) Home:  Wild Oud Dark Ale, also known as the Inconstancy of Nothingness by White Pony Microbrewery, based in Italy but brewed in Belgium:  ***;  11.4% Wild dark Ale/oud bruin;

A long description follows, from the tin:  barrel aged and blended, with wheat, oats, sugar, red currants, cherries and blackberries; "blend of three quadrupels aged in biodynamic Bourgoyne rouge barrels for four years with tart cherries and blackberries, a stout aged in Bordeaux red wine barriques for six years and a tripel aged in biodynamic Bourgoyne barrekw with red currents for three years"

the nose is tart, with cherries and cranberries, boozy and fruity; tastes tart, boozy with astringent tannins;  a lot of effort but I am not entirely sure about this;  

Advent day 20

December 20, 2025

255/4736) Home:  Juice Punch by Frontaal Brewing Co. of Netherlanmds:  ****1/2; 5.8% New England IPA; “summer in a can”; hopped with Citra, Mosaic and Sabro; vegan friendly; grain bill is barley malt, wheat malt, spelt malt and oats; hazy; fruit salad aromas, primarlily tropical; a delicious tropical fruit blend; 

Day 18

256/4737) Home:  Caporale Poivre by À La Dérive Brasserie Artisanale of Quebec, Canada:  ***; 5% Grisette brewed with alder pepper, foraged in Quebec, and wheat; hazy; nose is peppery and, as the can suggests, features spruce; similar flavours, even stronger, pepper, spruce and malty; an odd one, I am not entirely sold on this one;

Day 19 

The name translates as Corporal Pepper, who was presumableypromted in 1967 or earlier.  

December 19, 2025

253/4734) Home:  Passion Fruit Sour with Guava by Bridge Road Brewers of Australia:  **1/2; 4.3% “sessionable sour ale”; a fruited sour, brewed in the style of a traditional gose; “a mountain of passionfruit and just the right amount of guava; cloudy, straw; saline nose; tart, salty, minerally with passion fruit and guava;

Day 16

254/4735) Home:  Small Batch 005 American Lager by Village Brewery of Alberta:  ***; 5.7% American Lager brewed iwth four ingredients; clear; mildly fruity nose; fruity, mildly sweet;

Day 17

December 17, 2025

251/4732) Great Lakes Brewery, Etobicoke:  Pelotari by Great Lakes Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 7.0%, 53 ibu American IPA brewed in collaboration with the Wooly pub (which I think I used to know as the Woolwich Arms) on their 35th anniversary; brewed with exclusively the traditional four ingredients;  pours clear; nose of candied orange peel and clementines; similar flavours with caramel note in the background;

 

Pelotari is Spanish for a ball player, particularly jai alai.

252/4733) Home:  Shag Harbour UFO Invasion by Boxing Rock of Nova Scotia:  ***; 5% Blonde ale; brewed with only four ingredients; translucent golden; nose and flavours typical of a sweet golden ale; 

Day 15 of the Advent calendar.

This beer is named for the Shag Harbour Incident of October 4, 1967, specifically the reported impact of a large object into the waters near Shag Harbour, a small fishing village.

December 16, 2025

250/4731) Home:  Night Watchman by Wold Top Brewing of England:  ***1/2; 4.4% “Dark smooth stout”, also described as an oat stout; dark with a wispy tan head; aromas of chocolate, caramel and grains; tastes of grainy chocolate notes with hints of caramel;

Day 14

December 15, 2025

248/4729) Home:  Wit by Uiltje Brewing Company of Netherlands:  ***; 6.2%, 30 ibu Witbier with wheat, coriander and “some citrus”; translucent; nose of coriander and cloves; notes of citrus, cloves and coriander;

 

Day 12 - halfway through

249/4730) Home:  Cowboy by Origin Malting and Brewing Co. of Alberta:  ***1/2; 5.0%, 45 ibu Dry Hopped Pale Ale; translucent; faint grapefruit aromas; mildly washed out fruity flavours with grapefruit notes;

Day 13

December 11, 2025

246/4727) Home:  Mt. Dirty by Long Bay Brewery of New Brunswick:  ***1/2; 5.5%, 25 ibu Oatmeal Stout with wheat; pours dark with a tan head; nose of roasted malt; roasty, hints of chocolate;

The jokes derives from their "shorthand" for empty, MT, and distinguishing between clean and dirty tanks, in need of cleaning.

Day 10

247/4728) Home:  IPA by Monyo Brewing of Hungary:  ****1/2; 6.5%; hopped with Citra and Centennial; very highly carbonated; nearly clear; pine aromas; grassy pine flavours with a hint of tropical fruit; 

Brewed in Budapest - only my second Hungarian beer since I began tracking them.  

Day 11

December 9, 2025

244/4725) Home:  Autopop - Shirley Temple by Blood Brothers of Ontario:  ****1/2; 4% Session Sour with Pomegranate and Oranges; with wheat, pomegranate, orange juice and natural flavours; opaque, dark gold; nose of cherries, ever so mild hint of tartness and oranges; more like a cocktail, or perhaps a soda, than a beer; tastes of cherry, pomegranate and orange; very unusual;

Day 8

245/4726) Home:  Shipwreck Coast by Firebrand Brewing of England:  ***; 4% Amber ale; Celeia, Styrian Golding and Columbus hops; with wheat but the gluten has been removed; amber; nose is sweet and malty with mildly earthy hop notes; tastes malty and mildly sweet;

Day 9 of the Advent calendar which is to say I am caught up, for now.  

About that calendar:

This year's theme is award winning beers.  Plenty of international beers but, pointedly, no American beers.

December 8, 2025

242/4723) Home:  Blanket Season by Brewster's Brewing Company of Alberta:  ***1/2; 5.5% American Porter with Cacao; pours black with a tan head; mild cacao nose; tastes of cacao with a hint of cola, moderately grainy; thin mouth feel;

Advent calendar day 6

243/4724) Home:  Heavy Lifting by 71 Brewing of Scotland:  ***1/2; 3.9% Scottish Heavy; “vegan friendly”; rich dark brown; mildly sweet nose; malty with notes of caramel and molasses;

 

Day 7

December 6, 2025

241/4722) Mascot Brewery, King Street, Toronto:  Mondo West IPA by Mascot Brewery of Ontario:  ****1/2; 4.5% West Coast Session IPA hopped with Cascade, Cenennial and Amarillo; dry, resiny nose and flavours;

This was a can pour.

December 5, 2025

239/4720) Home:  Scrumpers by Smugglers' Trail Caskworks of British Columbia:  ****; 5% 10 ibu mulled winter spiced ale with Cabernet Sauvignon, sweet orange peel, coriander and winter spices; opaque, amber; tart, spiced nose; mildly tart with notes of wine, spice, and mildly bitter orange;

"our take on mulled wine”;

Day 4 of the calendar;

240/4721) Home:  Naughty Hopper by Double Vision Brewing of New Zealand:  ****1/2; 8.9%, 72 ibu Imperial IPA hoped with Simcoe, Amarillo and Mosaic; nearly clear, brownish; nose of grapefruit, pine and resin; similar flavours - an old school west coast IPA;

Calendar day 5

December 3, 2025

238/4719) Home:  Repeater by Full Circle Brew Co. of England:  ****; 4.2% Session IPA with oats and hopped with Centennial, Amarillo and Mosaic; cloudy; citrus is most prominent with tropical aromas; tropical is more forward in the flavours with citrus, and the mildest hint of pine at the finish; very flavourful, session or otherwise;

“suitable for vegans"  Day 3 of the Advent calendar

December 2, 2025

237/4718) Home:  Unsolicited Advice by Manual Labour Beer Co. of Alberta:  ****; 3.5% Dark Mild brewed with caramel, pale and chocoalte malts, Mount Hood hopsand Old English yeast; pours brown; nose of toasted bread and molasses; bready with notes of molasses;

Day 2 of the Advent calendar.  When I was in the ninth grade, an outstanding math teacher named Mr. Bergey counselled, "Free advice is usually worth what you paid for it.".

December 1, 2025

236/4717) Home:  Mwsh Lager by Purple Moose Brewery (Bragdy Mŵs Piws) of Wales:  ***1/2; 4.7% Kôlsch style lager brewed with wheat; clear, golden; lemony nose; lemony with toffee ; finish is mildly dry lemon; very flavourful for a lager;

Canada Craft Advent Calendar day 1

November 28, 2025

234/4715) Home: Origin of Darkness 2025:  Nitro Coffee Stout by Collective Arts in collaboration with Third Moon Brweing Co. and Monigram Coffee Roasters, all from Ontario:  ****; 8% coffee stout;  brewed with oats and Nicaraguan coffee; pours jet black with a thick, finely bubbled tan head; strong dark roasted coffee bean aromas; rich, dark coffee flavours with a hint of caramel sweetness; 

235/4716) Home:  Origin of Darkness 2025:  Bourbon Barrel Aged Coffee Stout by Collective Arts in collaboration with Monigram Coffee Roasters, both from Ontario:  ****1/2; 11.9%;  brewed with wheat, oats and Nicaraguan coffee; pours jet black with a short lived, thin bubbly head which quickly turns thin and wispy; nose of bourbon, alcohol, vanilla, chocolate and coffee; similar flavours; thick, very well carbonated mouth feel; 

November 27, 2025

232/4713) Bobhouse Banger by Refined Fool Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***1/2; 6%, 5 ibu Peanut Butter Porter brewed with oats and peanuts, in the form of real peanut butter; chestnut colour; peanut outshines chocolate in nose; peanuts are a bit more subdued in the flavours alongside rich chololate; 

“...the perfect beer for downhill skiing, building snowmen AND frolicking along the shore of Lake Huron on a 34 degree  summer day”

This is the last entry from the Winter Sports Beer League mix pack.

233/4714) Home:  Summit Peak (IPA 31) by Collective Arts of Ontario:  ****1/2; 6.9% West Coast IPA hopped with Simcoe, Chinook, Vic Secret and Columbus Cryo; wheat added to the grain bill; hazy golden; nose of resin, pine and grapefruit; dry pine wirh a dry after taste;

November 26, 2025

230/4711) Home:  Cross Country Sniper by Refined Fool Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ****; 5%, 23 ibu Brown Ale; oats; brown; malty nose with notes of caramel; rich and malty with caramel flavours

231/4712) Home:  Pumpkin Brown Ale by Shakespeare Brewing Company of Ontario:  ****; 6%; with pumpkins from the Smelski Pumpkin Farm; rich brown; aromas of pumpkin and pumpkin pie spices; similar flavours;

November 24, 2025

228/4709) Home:  3-Man Luge by Refined Fool Brewing of Ontario:  **1/2; 5% lager; clear, colour of apple juice; mildly sweet, fruity nose; crisp (I think I am obligated to use that word when it comes to lagers) mildy sweet, mildly fruity;

229/4710) Home:  Incredible Athletes by Refined Fool Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5%, 25 ibu Juicy IPA with wheat; cloudy; citrusy nose; citrusy flavours;

Two more from the "Beer League" mixed pack.

November 22, 2025

227/4708) Birreria Volo:  Encore by Fine Balance of Ontario:  ****; 11.9% maple barrel aged imperial stout; aged in rye whiskey barrels that previously housed maple syrup; boozy nose; maple mildly overshadows dark fruit flavours and hints of whiskey; 

Today is Peche Day - all of the other choices have been cited.

November 21, 2025

226/477) Home:  C'est What:  Horseshoes and Hand Grenades by Dominion CIty Brewing of Ontario:  ***1/2; 6.6% American IPA; cloudy; tropical, stone fruit nose and flavours with a very mild dankness;

November 20, 2025

224/4705) Home:  Wiener Dog Sledding by Refined Fool Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5% Vienna style lager; translucent reddish brown; nose of toasted malts; tastes of toasted malts, caramel, hint of molasses; a very fine example of the style;

225/4406) Jean Skier by Refined Fool Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ****; 6%, 70 ibu IPA (American style) with Pahto, Citra and Centennial hops; translucent; mild pine nose; subdued pine flavours with caramel malt backdrop; another wonderfully Old School IPA from Refined Fool;

From their Winter Sports Beer League mix pack:  "good beers for average athletes".

November 19, 2025

223/4704) Home:  When Someone Uses My Driveway To Turn Around by Refined Fool Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ****; 6.5% American style IPA;clear; aromas of pine and grapefruit; similar flavours – delightfully Old School;

From their  IPA Funbox 11.

November 18, 2025

222/4703) Home:  The Ugliest Parent by Refined Fool Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5.6% Double Dry Hopped Pale ale with wheat; hazy; grapefruit stands out among a mixed citrus nose; more pithy than juicy with dry grapefruit and mixed citrus in the background;

November 17, 2025

220/4701) Leotard Party by Refined Fool Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***; 4.5%, 25 ibu session hazy IPA with wheat and oats; hazy, nearly cloudy; mild lemon aromas; faint lemon notes;

“...a shout out to those simpler, stretchier times”

221/4702) Home:  2AM In The Meadow Behind The Hardware Store by Refined Fool Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ****1/2; 7.5% Hazy double IPA with wheat and oats; nose is primarily pineapple; tastes of pineapple with sweet tropical candy necklace notes;

November 16, 2025

218/4699) Home:  Mystery Beer C by Nickel Brook Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 7.2% Hazy IPA with wheat and oats; pours hazy; nose is fruity, citrusy and tropical; no dankness, just mildly sweeet fruitiness;

219/4700) Home:  Mystery Beer D by Nickel Brook Brewing of Ontario:  ***; 6.5% lagered IPA; translucent, nearly clear; herbal aromas with tannins; crisp with dry malt flavours;

Oh, yes, about that ten day absense - I had to be treated (twice) for a detached retina.  Retain your retina at all costs.  

November 15, 2025

216/4697) Home:  Mystery Beer A by Nickel Brook of Ontario:  ****; 6.0% Canadian IPA brewed with rye and wheat; pours a translucent amber; aromas of apple, caramel and malted grains; tastes of caramel, apples and grains with lingering tannins;  given the styles, I thought this would be a lock and I did vote for it but in the end, it was not as clear a choice as I had imagined it would be;

217/4698) Home:  Mystery Beer B by Nickel Brook Brewing of Ontario:  5.5% Belgian style IPA, with wheat; moderately hazy with a soapy head; lemony nose with cloves; tastes of cloves and lemon with a dry after taste;

Mystery Pack, Volume 3: “Help us pick our next beer."

November 14, 2025

214/4695) Home:  Snappio by Fairweather Brewing of Ontario:  ***1/2; 6% “crispy IPA” brewed with wheat, oats and “new world hops”; clear; aromas of blueberries, citrus and grainy malts; flavours of blueberries and mixed citrus with a dry after taste;

215/4696) Home:  Priceless by Fairweather Brewing of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5.6% Pale Ale with wheat and oats; hazy; tropical aromas; juicy tropical flavours with muted coconut; heavy, nearly pulpy mouthfeel;

 “profile:  Fresh citrus, coconut, Chanel No. 5”

This the at least the third incanation of this beer that I am aware of.

November 13, 2025

213/4694) Home:  Batch 500 Barrel Aged Bestowed 5th Anniversary by Third Moon Brewing of Ontario:  ****1/2; 14% Imperial Stout, their 500th batch, aged aged 19 months in a single Barton 1792 bourbon barrel; black, no head to speak of; nose is alcohol, bourbon, raisins, dark roasted malts and vanilla; tastes of dark roasted malts, alcohol, bourbon, dried dark fruit, vanilla and dark coffee; 

This was only available as part of the 5th anniversary mixed pack.  I can provide the math on request, but this came to more than $50.00 which is far more than I would have paid if it had been available on its own.  For this reason I am giving Third Moon a bit of a rest. 

November 3, 2025

212/4693) Home:  Fountain of Endless Life by Third Moon Brewing of Ontario:  ****1/2; 13.5%; English style barleywine aged 16 months in 10+ year Elijaj Craig bourbon barrels; pours black with very little head; nose is boozy bourbon, dark roasted malts and raisin; strong bourbon notes are most prominent of the flavours

November 2, 2025

211/4692) Home:  Time Takes Time, Blend 4 by Third Moon Brewig Company of Ontario:  ****1/2; 13.5%; a blend of barrel aged Imperial Stout, Barleywine and Doppelbock; aged from 16 to 20 months in 10 year Henry McKenna bourbon barrels; jet black, little head; nose of alcohol, bourbon, raisins, dark coffee and chocolate; a complex blend of sweet boozy bourbon, dark coffee and alcohol;

From the anniversary pack.

November 1, 2025

210/4691) Home:  Barrel Aged Coconut Macaroon Bestowed by Third Moon Brewing Company of Ontario:  ****; 13.5% Imperial Stout aged 14 months in Russel’s Reserve Bourbon barrels with coconut and Tahitian vanilla; dark as night, no head to speak of; nose of boozy bourbon, coconut, vanilla and chocolate fudge; dessert-like; sweet vanilla, bourbon, cherries, coconut and chocolate flavours; 

From their anniversary pack - it is finally cool enough to be thinking of drinking this.

October 31, 2025

207/4688) Home:  Devil's Sauce by Blood Brothers Brewing in collaboration with Bellwoods Brewery, both of Ontario:  ****1/2; 8.0% Double IPA hopped with Cashmere, Galaxy and Mosaic; oats and wheat added to the grain bill; hazy; fresh tropical aromas; delicious tropical flavours, not sweet, but no dankness to speak of either, with peaches, white grapes and oranges;

208/4689) Home:  Goblin's Trill by Bellwoods Brewery in collaboration with Blood Brothers Brewing, both of Ontario:  ***1/2; 8% Double IPA with oats and hopped with Galaxy, Mosaic and Cashmere; hazy; nose of oranges and off-putting “vegetal" notes that do not diminish on sitting; tastes of oranges, the afore mentioned vegetal notes are mercifully milder, in addition to grapefruit, grapes and melon; I found the mouth feel a bit thinner than the previous entry;

“The challenge placed before us was to brew the same beer, but make it uniquely different.”, in other words it was Blood Brothers' take on Bellwoods Gobline Sauce with Bellwoods returning the favour for Blood Brothers' Devil's Trill.

209/4690) Home:  Feast Beer by Fairweather Brewing of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5.8% lager; “our take on a German festbier.  Inspired by hedonism, and little else”; translucent; malty nose; rich and malty;

October 30, 2025

205/4686) Home:  Taniwha by Aqua Nova Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***; 7.0%, 32 ibu milkshake New Zealand IPA with lactose; pours opaque, translucent with a frothy head; nose of white wine and tropical fruit; only mildly sweet, with a bitter finish; sweet white wine and mild tropical flavours; a degree of bitterness throughout, quite unlike most milkshake IPAs, though on sitting the bitterness does diminish;

206/4687) Home:  Jungle by Aqua Nova Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ****; 6.7%, 30 ibu Double dry hopped IPA; pours opaque; citrus and tropical notes to the nose; fresh citrus and tropical flavours;

October 29, 2025

204/4685) Home:  Satan's Pillowcase by Refined Fool Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***; 5.6% Pumpkin ale; nearly clear; nose is a blend of pumpkin and spices; nice balance of pumpkin and spice; finishes with an unpleasant bitterness;

October 28, 2025

203/4684) Home:  Bravehop by Loch Lomond Brewery of Scotland:  ****1/2; 6.0% IPA hopped with Columbus and Chinook; unfiltered; addition of wheat; pours clear, amber; as suggested by the tin, the nose is an interesting blend of pine and marmalade; flavours of pine with fruitiness which seems odd to write but it works;

October 26, 2025

202/4683) Home:  City Slicker by Willibald Farm Distillery & Brewery of Ontario:  ****; 6.3% IPA with New Zeland Cascade, Citra, Mosaic and El Dorado hops; brewed with oats and wheat; cloudy orange; nose of oranges, tropical fruit and melon; flavours are not quite as strong as the nose though similar;

October 23, 2025

201/4682) C'est What:  Dear Dale by Granite Brewery of Ontario:  ****; 6.6%, 66 ibu American Pale Ale; clear; nose is floral with grapefruit; flavours of dry herbal resin, floral and grapefruit;

"..an homage to Dale’s Pale Ale, an OG west coast pale ale by Oskar Blues in Colorado"

October 22, 2025

200/4681) Home:  Pumpkin Pie-PA by Bobcaygeon Brewing Company of Ontario:  ***1/2; 6.5% 28 ibu Pumpkin Spice West Coast IPA with real pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves; opaque; nose of pumpkin and baking spices; tastes of pumpkin and the afore mentioned spices; dry bitter flavours in the background; a bit unusual and interesting and it works in that it is not so sweet as these beers can be;

October 21, 2025

199/4680) Home:  Brokedown Pallet by Clifford Brewing Company of Ontario:  ****; 7.6%, 60 ibu hazy IPA with oats and wheat added to the grain bill; hopped with Citra, Mosaic and Sabro; hazy; earthy nose of citrus, particularly grapefruit, Sabro is muted, to my approval; old school dry, earthy grapefruit flavours; 

“an ode to the often overlooked brewing pallet”;

October 20, 2025

198/4679) Home:  Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Porter by Clifford Brewing Company of Ontario:  ****1/2; 10.5%, 45 ibu; brewed with the traditional four ingredientes, wax sealed; pours dark with a persistent pale tan head; nose of alcohol, bourbon and chocolate; tastes of chocolate, boozy bourbon and alcohol; thin mouth feel;

October 16, 2025

197/4678) Everyside, Toronto:  Easy IPA by Everyside Brewery of Ontario:  ****; 4%, 50 ibu; ever so slightly hazy; fresh floral and citrus nose; fruity and citrusy, no so much floral in the taste as the nose; basically a flavourful session IPA; 

This is located in the former 3 Brewers Adelaide Street location, with all the worrying aspects the earlier tenant had.  To wit, it remains a nine to five, Monday to Friday area and when I was there the second level was unused save for a couple of employees on break and a manager going over paperwork.

They do have an interesting promotion.  For $1725.00 up front one the next 365 beers are paid for.  Doing the math the price is very reasonable.  It seems it would limit the choice of where to drink to take full advantage unless you are the sort who buys lots of beers for people and it presupposes Everyside will be in operation for long enough to collect 365 glasses.

I did not stay to eat but it is a nice enough location, with very good servers, that I will be back again.

October 15, 2025

196/4667) Home:  S.O.B.B. Pale Ale by Great Lakes Brewing of Ontario:  ***1/2; 4.5% Pale Ale; oats and wheat added to the grain bill; hazy; citrusy aromas; crisp citrus flavours;

The South Ontario Beer Boys donate one dollar per can to Kars 4 Kids.

October 9, 2025

195/4676) Home:  Overnight Express by Broken Rail Brewing of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5.5% Milk Stout; brewed with oats and lactose; pours as dark as night with a tan head;  grainy, sweet mocha nose; flavours of mocha with a sweet finish;

October 8, 2025

194/4675) Great Lakes Brewery, Etobicoke:  GLB Beer Week West Coast IPA by Great Lakes Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 7%, 35 ibu; clear; West Coast IPA; brewed with only the traditional four ingredients; clear; citrus and zest nose; dry citrus and grapefruit zest

I was not able to make it out for any GLB Beer Week events but I appreciate the effort to fill the gap left by the loss of Toronto Beer Week.

October 5, 2025

193/4674) Home:  Art & Blood by Collective Arts in collaboration with Blood Brothers Brewing, both of Ontario:  ***1/2; 6.5% New England IPA; hopped with Neslon Sauvin three ways:  T90 pellets, Cryo, Hyperboost;; hazy; white wine aromas;  tastes of white grapes and melon;

October 4, 2025

192/4673) Home:  Super Nelson (2025) by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 6.5% IPA; hopped with Superdelic and Nelson Sauvin; cloudy; dank candied pineapple and lime nose; tastes of lime and dankness with notes of grapes;

October 2, 2025

191/4672) Home:  Dora #83 by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 6.5% IPA featuring the same pale wheat base and process from the last Dora offering; hopped with old and new Citra in equal proportion; nose is dank pineapple, mixed citrus; similar flavours, dankness lingers into after taste;

“...we wanted to build on #82”

October 1, 2025

190/4671) Home:  Inglewood (2025) by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 6.5% IPA featuring a new hop lineup of Mosaic and Motueka; foggy; nose of orangey citrus; tastes of citrus with a hint of zest and mild tropical notes;

September 28, 2025

189/4670) Home:  Su Su Maru (2025) by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 6.5% IPA; named for an old family cottage; hopped with Citra, Nelson and Peacharine; cloudy; nose of dank citrus and goose berries; dank berries overshadow citrus flavours;

September 27, 2025

188/4669) Home:  Red Brew by P.C. (President's Choice - a brand of the grocer Loblaws) of Ontario:  ***; less than 0.5% Abv; a “de-alcoholized lager” brewed with malted barley, “sugars (glucose-fructose), malted barley extract...caramel colour, phosphoric acid, hops, hop extract, sulphites”, which I find frightening; translucent; grainy nose; tastes of grain, caramel, mild herbal hop edge;

September 23, 2025

187/4668) Home:  Brutalism by Great Lakes Brewery of Ontario:  ***1/2; 6.5%, 20 ibu Brut IPA with flaked corn and wheat; translucent straw colour; nose is mostly stone fruit; mild herbal notes with some fruit, white grape and melon;

“Bruts are highly carbonated and fermented so dry that almost no residual sugar remains."

Two nearby examples of Brutalist architecture that come to mind are the Robarts Library ("Fort Book") at the University of Toronto and the former location of the Ontario Science Centre.

September 22, 2025

186/4667) Home:  Brewed For You Beer by Great Lakes Brewery of Ontario:  ***1/2; 4.4%, 22 ibu New England Pale Ale; brewed for the Brewed For You All-Ontario Craft Beer Festival; with oats and wheat; cloudy; nose of mango and peaches; lemony and dry throughout with mango and peache notes;

September 21, 2025

185/4666) Home:  Citraddiction Whole Leaf Hop Edition by Great Lakes Brewery of Ontario:  ****; 4.4%, 25 ibu XPA/NEIPA; brewed with oats and wheat; hazy; mango overshadows citrus in the nose;  flavours seem more of a balance between the two;

September 20, 2025

184/4665) Mugshot Tavern, Toronto: 2 X IPA by Anderson Craft Ales of Ontario:  ***1/2; 7.1%, 80 ibu double IPA; hazy; herbal hop notes;

September 15, 2025

183/4664) Home:  Thrillsner Cold IPA by Grain & Grit of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5.5%; brewed with lager yeast; hopped with Vic Secret, Hallertau Blanc and “plenty of Citra”;  with corn and sea salt; the can does not list Hallertau but the website does; hazy; citrusy, grainy nose; citrusy, uncommonly crisp for an IPA;

“It’s a throwback to our orignal recipe (circa 2018) turned up a notch”

September 14, 2025

182/4663) Home:  Blood Light by Blood Brothers of Ontario:  ***1/2; 4% Hazy pale ale; grain bill includes wheat and flaked oats; hopped with Citra and El Dorado; murky; citrus nose; mildly washed out citrus flavours with almost tannin-like dryness at the finish;

September 13, 2025

181/4662) Home:  Glorious and Free by Dominion City of Ontario:  ****; 6.5%, 30 ibu IPA; with wheat, oats (Canadian) and pilsner malt; Centennial, Chinook, El Dorado hops; cloudy, pale golden; nose of lemon, resin, peach; dry, citrusy with resiny after taste; 

A Trans-Canada brewing collaboration project.

September 12, 2025

180/4661) Home:  Scratch 'n Sniff by Flying Monkeys Brewery of Ontario:  ***1/2; 6%, 31 ibu Strawberries & Cream IPA; Hops: Strata, HBC 682, Luminosa, Sabro; Dry-Hop & Special Additions : Strata, Sabro, Strawberry Purrée, Skyfarm Strawberry Terpenes, Real Vanilla Extract, Lactose; clear golden yellow with a frothy head; nose of strawberries and cream; tastses of strawberries and cream, with orange and mango;

From their Wonderbox.

September 11, 2025

179/4660) Home:  Roll-Up by Flying Monkeys Brewery of Ontario:  ***1/2;  6.8%, 28 ibu;  Flying Monkeys' website describes this as both a “Pomelo IPA” and an "Enhanced West Coast IPA” with Krush hops and “pomelo turpenes” Hops:  Krush, Idaho 7, Dry hop additions:  Krush, Idaho 7, Euphorics turpenes Pomelo Daydream, Eurphorics turpenes Peachy Keen; grain bill includes wheat; pours a clear, golden yellow; citrusy grapefruit peach nose; mostly citrus flavours with grapefruit, no bitterness; West Coast in appearance but not at all dry or bitter, just very fruity;

Also from the website:  “turpenes are natural organiuc componds in fruits and plants (like hops) that influence flavours and aromas” 

From their Wonder Box

September 10, 2025

178/4659) Home:  Bone Pine by Sawdust City in collaboration with Beertown and Third Moon Brewing Company, all from Ontario:  ****1/2; 6.5%, 58 ibu; the tin calls this an “American style India Pale Ale”, while Saedust City's website refers to it as a "Bi-Coastal Hazy IPA"; Simcoe, Chinook, Columbus and Summit hops; grain bill includes oats; pours cloudy; fresh citrus aromas; citrusy, dry after taste;

“We’ve combined the hop profile of a West Coast style IPA with the malt body of a New England style IPA.”

September 9, 2025

177/4658) GLB Brewpub:  Vista Lunch Time Pale Ale by Great Lakes Brewing of Ontario:  ***1/2; 4.4% 19 ibu; with oats and wheat; hazy; flavours of citrus, strawberries; 

At least for now, this is only available on draught.  It seemed an appropriate choice as I was lunching at the time.  Vista is a new hop to me.

September 8, 2025

176/4657) Home:  Gusher by Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery of Ontario:  ***1/2; 6% 34 ibu Tropical Punch IPA; from their Wonder Box; hopped with HBC1019 and Idaho 7; dry hopped with Superdelic, HBC1019 and Riwaka; grain bill includes oat malt; ever so slightly hazy, golden; nose is a tropical fruit salad; similar flavours;

Fortunately, this one was not a gusher.  I have had too many of those.

September 7, 2025

175/4656) Home:  Alpha Premium Ale by Coywolf Brewing of Ontario:  ***; 5.5%; brewed in nearby Caledon; hopped with Citra; hazy, orange-gold; malty and citrusy nose; citrus notes, dry, malty back drop; packaged nearly four months ago - I wish this had been fresher;

For those who do not live downtown, a coywolf is half coyote, half wolf.  I often encounter cotoyes but I do not know if I have ever seen a coywolf in the flesh.

September 1, 2025

174/4655) Home:  Mania (2025) by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 6.5% IPA hopped with Nelson, Riwaka and Peacharine; cloudy; nose is mostly peach; tastes of peach, berries, white grapes;

 “the biggest, baddest, most NZ hopped beer”

August 31, 2025

173/4654) Home:  Dora #82 by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 6.5%; with a new “super pale” wheat malt they have not used before; cloudy; dank pineapple nose; tastes mostly of pineapple with a hint of berries;

August 30, 2025

172/4653) Home:  Wrexham Lager by Wrexham Lager Beer Company of Wales:  ***; 4%, 11 ibu lager;  Brewed under license by Central City Brewers and Distillers of British Columbia;  "may contain wheat"; clear, golden; mildly fruity nose; crisp, a bit more flavourful than some European lagers; 

Wrexham was originally established in 1882 and closed in 2000.  It was revived along with the orignal recipes.  Wrexham Lager was served on the Titanic.  This one is largely of historic interest to me. 

August 29, 2025

171/4652) Home:  Su Bird by Burdock Brewery of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5% American Pale Ale; “made from selected hops from Yakima Valley, OR”; oats; hazy; nose is mixed tropical fruit and tangerine; similar flavours though muted;

August 24, 2025

170/4651) Home:  Fruit Engine by Wellington Brewery of Ontario:  ***1/2; 8.0%, 30 ibu Double White IPA hopped with Sabro, Strata and Bru-1; hazy, golden; nose of stonefruit and citrus; stone fruit and citrus flavours;

August 18, 2025

169/4650) Home:  The Master Blend (2025) by Badlands Brewing in collaboration with Third Moon Brewing and Blood Brothers, all from Ontario:  ****1/2; 10% Triple IPA; Badlands is quick to point out that there is a mistake on label which reads, “fifth aniversary”; with the favourite hops of the past year chosen by the trio, in this instance Citra, Mosaic and Simcoe; mildly cloudy; nose of mildly dank citrus; tastes of mixed citrus with a scant hint of alcohol;

August 17, 2025

167/4648) Granite Brewery and Tied House, Toronto:  Keep On Buzzin' - Ales for ALS by Granite Brewery of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5.5% hazy Pale Ale with Mosaic, Simcoe, Krush, HBC1019 and HBC522;  on cask to mark Granite's 34th anniversary as part of a Cask Social;

Best of all, it was complimentary.

168/4649)  Granite Brewery and Tied House:  Mount Pleasant Ale by Granite Brewery of Ontario:  ***1/2;  505%, 60 ibu American Pale Ale; on cask; juicy but against an old school piney backdrop;

August 16, 2025

166/4647) Home:  Euphoric Gold by Badlands Brewing of Ontario in collaboration with Track (not Tracks! Brewing Company of England) :  ***; 8.2% DIPA; inspired by Track’s “gold top” series; with “Euphorics” which is a highly concentrated water soluble flavour and aroma liquid product, “Peachy Keen” was the name of the one used, then hopped with Riwaka and Motueka; nose is mostly peach; tastes of peach juice with notes of berries – a bit off the beaten path for Badlands;